Mogamulizumab is ‘valuable’ option for CTCL

Grade 3 AEs in the mogamulizumab arm included drug eruptions (n=8), infusion-related reactions (n=3), fatigue (n=3), decreased appetite (n=2), nausea (n=1), pyrexia (n=1), and diarrhea (n=1).

Grade 3 AEs in the vorinostat arm included thrombocytopenia (n=11), fatigue (n=11), diarrhea (n=9), nausea (n=3), decreased appetite (n=2), and dysgeusia (n=1).

“So the results are, overall, positive,” Dr Kim said. “The data is submitted to the [US Food and Drug Administration]. We are really hoping that [mogamulizumab] will be approved so that we would have a new, exciting treatment for our patients with mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome.”